Vanity-box.



' sists in the construction of a vanity box in WIL'ELIAM G. KENDALL, 6F NEWARK, lTERSEY.

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,improvements in vanity boxes, the primary object of ray-invention being the provision of a vanity box adapted. to lockingiy and detachably receive a rouge holding pad in such a manner that when the rouge has been used from the pad, the empty pad may be removed and replaced by a fresh one.

A still further object of my invention consists in providing an' anchoring means for the pad of such a nature that the box may be economically manufactured and yet durable in construction.

Another object which I have in view con Which a mirror forms the bottom of the box, the rouge holding pad being anchored in place against the mirror and in turn serving to anchor the mirror. 7 I

Another object which I have in view is the provision of box having a hinged cover in which the hinge is struck out wholly from the box and not separately formed and in which the hinge is so arranged that the cover, in open position, is supported vert cally or substantially so. With a box of this type, 1 preferably mount a mirror in the cover as it W ll be readily accessible ior use, due to the position in which the cover is supported when the box is open.

With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then specifically pointed out in the claims which are attached to and form part of this application.

In the drawinoz'Figure 1 is a perspective a view of my vanity box, showing the cover removed and also show-mg a rouge pull which may be 'furnishcdwith the box; Fig. 2

is a central, vertical sectional View, illus trating the manner in which both the mirror forming the bottom of the box and the rouge holding pad are secured within the box; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows and still further illustrating the mirror and pad fastening means; Fig. 4 1s a perspective view of a annular. bead or shoulder 12.

'box with a Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed May 6, 1816. Serial 0. 95,902.

modified form of vanity box, illustrating the hinge construction and the manner of mounting a mirror within the cover; Fig. 5 is a central vertical sectional view of the box shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a vertical central sectional view of box structure.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to inthe following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference character-sf 1 Referring more specificallyto Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawing, it will be seen that my improvedjvanity box includes a body portion 10, preferably in the form of a cylinder open at its ends. This body is, as a rule, formed of sheet metal although it may be made of any suitable material and at its lower end the body is provided with an inturned annular flange orseat 11, whileintermediate'its height the body is outstruck to provide an A cover 13 is provided having a downwardly depending marginal flange 14 adapted to engage about the upper edge of the body and rest upon the shoulder 12. This cover is-proportion'ed to frictionally of the. box body and, if desired, the box body may be provided with an outstruckportion 15' to increase this frictional engagement between thebox and cover. 5

a further modified form of engage about the upper-end.

A mirror 16is mounted Within the box,-

resting upon the flange or'se'at 11 with its reflecting surface directed outwardly. Detachably mounted within the vanity box and resting upon this mirror is a rouge holding pad of the type best. disclosed in a copending application filed byme June 14., 1915,

Serial No. 34,303. This pad includes a botsecuring the rouge holding pad within thebox and for, consequently securing the mirr01" 16 in place, I provlde the wall of the plurality of peripherally spaced A cake of rouge 19 is indentations 20 form-in instruck ro'ections which engage over the lower portion of the marginal wall of the rouge pad. These shallow, however, in order that'the rouge indentations should be relatively v holding pad may be forced past them into engagement with the mirror, when assembiling the box and in order that, when the rouge is exhausted from the pad, the pad may be forced out of place by pressure exerted against the bottom of the box or mirror and, subsequently, be replaced by a fresh pad. The rouge putt 21 may be providedwith each box, if desired, there being room between the cake of rouge and the cover to receive the puli', as will be appreciated from an examination of Fig. 2 of the drawing,

' In Fig. 6, l have illustrated a construcwire or other suitable material, is adapted to be located between the marginal wall of the pad and the wall of the box and to engage the wall of the pad and beneath the instruct: portions of the wall of the box to anchor the pad in place. ring may be sprung! out of place at any time to permit the removal of an exhausted rouge the tongue 32 is passed.

pad and its replacement by a fresh one. L in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, I hav illustrated a further form of vanity box in eluding a body 27, preferably formed of sheet metal and provided witha bottom 28. This box body 27 is provided with periph erally spaced indentations 29 by means of which the rouge pad 30 mayiabe anchored in place against the bottom of th box and at its upper edge is formed with spaced parallel slits or clefts 31 opening through the edge of the box and defining the lower portion of a hinge tongueiiil, the upper portion of thetongue being in the nature all an ear .or tag projecting beyond the edge of the box: lNith this form of box, I provide a cover 33 having a marginal flange 34 adapted to engage about the upper edge. oi? the box body 27 and formed adjacent itslower edge with a horizontal slot 35 through which This tongue 32 is passed outwardly and bent about the marginal portion of the wall 34 betweenthe slot and the free edge of the wall and is extended downwardly along the marginal wall of the-box body and has its free terminal bent upwardly, as shown at 36, to provide a stop which will engage the marginal wall of the box cover when the latter is swung into substantially vertical posi tion, as shown in Fig. 4. By this means, the cover: is hingedly connected to the box in such a manner-as to be "supported so that wall of the cover and being somewhat- (l'bviously, this nannies mirror 37, disposed within the cover, will be exposed to convenient retaining ring 38 is soldered or otherwise fixed or formed within the cover-in spaced relation to the body, being secured to the marginal greater in internal diameter than the diameter of the mirrorin order that the min ror may be passed through this ring to engage against the cover. A split resilient anchoring ring 39, of wire or other suitable material, is sprung beneath the ring"38 and engages this ring 38 and the mirror to lock the mirror in place. The marginalwall of the cover 33, at point diametrically opposite the hinge, maybe outsprung somewhat,

, as shown at 40, to provide a lift to facilitate opening of the cover. v a v Obviously, various minor changes in the method of anchoring the rouge pad in the box, of securing the mirror in place, and the like, may be made and I, therefore, re-' serve the right to make any changes within the scope of the appended claims without in the slightest degree departing from the. spirit of my invention. f

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is: I 1. A vanity box including a box body having a marginal wall formed with indent. tions providing interiorprojections, and a rouge holding pad having an upwardly and inwardly directed marginal wall adapted to be engaged beneath the projections, whereby the pad is anchored in the box. loo 2. A vanity box including a body open at its ends and provided at its lower end-with an inwardly dire oted annular flange and provided in spaced relation above thefian'ge with indentations providing inward projections, a removable bottom forming element seating within the body of the box and resting upon the flange and a rouge holding pad having an upwardly and inwardly directed marginal wall positioned within the box, the pad having, its marginal Wall engaged beneath the projections and being thereby anchored in place and against the bottom forming element to hold it in place.

A vanity box including a body open at its ends and provided at its lower end with an inwardly directed annular flange and 4 provided in spaced relation above the flange with indentations providing inward projections, a bottom forming element seating within the body oi the box and resting upon the flange, a rouge holding pad having an q nvardly and inwardly directed marginal wall positioned within the box. the pad having its marginal wall engaged beneath the projections and being thereby anchored in place and against the bottom forming element to hold it in place, and a cover having a marginal flange adapted to frictionally engage about the upper end of the box, the up- 13o of the flange.

per end of the box being outstruck to provide a projection engaging the inner face 4. A yanity bo'x including a box b'ody having a bottom formed with anopening and a marginal wall formed with indentations providing interiorprojections, a removable element seating in the box and closing the opening in the bottom, and a rouge holding pad engaging against the element and v locked in the box by the inward projections. 5. A vanity boxincluding abody havingan opening in its bott0m, a removable element seating within the body and closing the opening, a rouge holding pad seated in the box, and means for anchoring the pad in the box and in engagement with the element. v 6. A vanity box including a box body, a

rouge holdingpad having an rouge holding ,pad having an upwardly and inwardl directed marginal wall adapted'to seat in he bo'xbody, and means including interior projectionsformed upon the box body for anchoring'th'e pad in place.

7. A vanity box-including a bodyopen at its end and provided an inwardly directed annular flange and in e'paeed celation above the flange with it n :rd

pro ections, a removable bottom seating within the box against the flange, and a upwardly and lnwardly directed marginal wall seating at its lower end with withinthe box against the bottom and engaglng both the pad and-bottom are anchored the box body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. WILLIAM G. KENDALL. [L.e.]

beneath the projections. whereby 

